Wright v. Lubinko’s Empirical Analysis
515 F.2d 260 · 1975
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently September 1993 · most notably Houtman v. Mann (1978), McMillan McMillan Freedom Finance Co Inc
13 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strang v. Bradner · Forsyth v. Vehmeyer · De Latour v. Lala · 374 F. Supp. 84 - In Re Dolnick
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In order for Section 17, sub. a(2) to bar a discharge, the party alleging fraud must meet the requirements of proving positive fraud. That is, the alleged fraudulent representations must have been made with an intent to deceive and defraud, and the creditor must have relied on the representations in acting to his prejudice.” 374 F.Supp. at 90 .”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““. .. (2) are liabilities for obtaining money or property by false pretenses or false representations ... or for willful and malicious conversion of the property of another; * * # * Jjt * (4) were created by his fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation or defalcation while acting as an officer or in any fiduciary capacity ...” Among other things, plaintiffs allege: “1. The bankrupt has committed a fraud involving conversion of funds by wrongfully refusing to deliver certain coins after seven days written notice to return said coins which were loaned to the bankrupt for use in his coin business as stock or inventory. 2. The bankrupt has willfully and wrongfully committed the act of conversion by using the coins, not for stock or inventory in the coin business but, speculating with them on his own account on margin in the market and losing them.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.